# Amputations involving bone loss at SOS Septic & Sewer, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024043379` · 4/18/2024 · SEBRING, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Wire, cables nonelectrified
- **Secondary source:** Excavators
## Employer
- **Name:** SOS Septic & Sewer, Inc
- **Location:** 726 Memorial Dr, SEBRING, FLORIDA, 33870
- **NAICS:** 562991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a septic tank that was being lowered into the ground by an excavator using a cable. The employee's hand was on the septic tank when the cable slipped off the excavator and caught their left thumb, amputating it at the first knuckle.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*